my Artomatic piece explained (finally)

I’ve been meaning to post this for ages, ever since Emily pointed out to me that I never actually, um, explained what the hell my Artomatic efforts were supposed to do.  Here’s an awkward video explanation that Emily was kind enough to shoot:

4 Responses to “my Artomatic piece explained (finally)”

  1. katie says:

    Ah, so that’s what it does! A few other HacDC folks and I stopped by on June 14 and puzzled over it, not realizing there were two identical setups.

  2. Tom says:

    Yup! Unfortunately the mechanical quality of the bells was kind of poor, and people seemed to get a bit more violent with them toward the end of the show — every time I showed up I had to reseat the clapper because it had been rung violently. Ah well. Lesson learned!

  3. Kira says:

    We thought it was recording the rings! Or maybe that there was a hidden camera watching how people approached it.

  4. David says:

    We thought you were recording people’s conversations after they rang the bell. Never saw the second one – would have definitely helped if we had made it over to the other side of the gallery.

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